Mitchell v Boutagy [2001] NSWSC 1045

Reported Decision : 118 LGERA 249 (2002) NSW ConvR 56-024

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Mitchell v Boutagy [2001] NSWSC 1045 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5226/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 31 October 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 November 2001

Evi Mitchell (P1) Arash Tavakoli (P2) PARTIES : Elham Dalvand (P3) Rhondda Boutagy (D1) Christine Moss (D2) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

COUNSEL : G A Sirtes (P) W G Muddle (D) SOLICITORS : Antunes (P) Deacons (D) CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY - easements - court's power to impose easement under s 88K - compensation order - categories of compensation - method of calculation loss of proprietary rights and allowance for disturbance - whether 'injurious affection' is a category of compensation - test of causal connection between easement and loss LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) s 88K Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) s 80 117 York Street Pty Limited v Proprietors of Strata Plan 16123 (1998) 43 NSWLR 504 Coles Myer NSW Ltd v Dymocks Book Arcade Ltd (1996) BPR 14,638 Goodwin v Yee Holdings Pty Limited (1997) 8 BPR 15,795 CASES CITED : Katakouzinos v Roufir Pty Limited (1999) 9 BPR 17,303 March v E & M H Stramare Pty Limited (1991) 171 CLR 506 Tregoyd Gardens Pty Limited v Jervis (1997) 8 BPR 15,845 Wengarin Pty Limited v Byron Shire Council (1999) 9 BPR 16,985 Wilson v Forrester-Babcock (2000) 10 BPR 18,377 DECISION : Compensation assessed at a figure higher than the plaintiffs' valuation but lower than the defendants', excluding 'injurious affection' on the ground that any potential interference with defendants' privacy after construction of dwelling would not be caused by the easement